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Post by ouchy on Jun 16, 2008 21:05:06 GMT -5
Yes. But a dip at 4dpo is usually pretty significant, especially when coupled with spotting. It usually signifies implantation, both dip and spotting.
Dips at 26-27 dpo aren't implantation. By then, you'd expect the temp to either stay the same or go back up.
My take is that I probably had an egg or two get fertilized, implanted what it could, but couldn't stick around bc the lining was so thin.
I still think I have a corpus luteum cyst, else there would be no way for my progesterone and temps stay high. Doctor didn't "feel a grapefruit sized one" LOL.... but he didn't request an ultrasound, eiteher, to check for a small one.
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Post by ouchy on Jun 20, 2008 13:07:27 GMT -5
20dpo. The temp is overall coming down, but grrr! I just want my period and get it over with!
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Post by anneny on Jun 24, 2008 12:42:35 GMT -5
Hey ouchy, sorry you've had so much drama! I was reading about the return of fertility after/during breastfeeding in "The Art of Natural Family Planning," and your chart looks just like the one in the book for the first ovulation. This book says that even when ovulation returns, your hormone levels are still not generally conducive to pregnancy. Obviously your doctor should make sure everything's okay, but hopefully knowing that erratic charts are normal will help ease your mind a bit.
I haven't read TCOYF, so I'm not sure if it has a chapter on the return of fertility after childbirth for breastfeeding moms, but the info in "The Art of NFP" is very thorough and very helpful. They just came out with a new edition this year, and mine is the previous one. Amazon.com carries it and also "Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing" which is even more detailed and gives a specific method for delaying fertility after childbirth. They call it ecological breastfeeding, but it sounds like what you're already doing is practically the same thing.
Anyway, best of luck and a big hug!
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Post by ouchy on Jun 24, 2008 13:36:48 GMT -5
Anneny! Thank you SO much for your input! I will definitely read that book you recommend! Here is my chart up until today. My temp. went back up! My OBGYN said that my progesterone and estrogen are consistent with ovulating wile breastfeeding.
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Post by anneny on Jun 25, 2008 12:34:52 GMT -5
Glad to help! I'm starting to worry about being too wedded to the stuff I read, though. Luckily, my mom keeps me grounded, and the "endo ladies" are a great reality check. I just have to keep telling myself that you can't parent "by the book" because everyone says something different and each child is unique.
Sorry that was off topic, but with only a few weeks left, I'm going crazy worrying about being a good mom. Thank heaven for my friends on these boards!
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Post by ouchy on Jun 30, 2008 10:55:54 GMT -5
anneny, you're going to be a GREAT mom!
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Post by anneny on Jul 1, 2008 10:51:30 GMT -5
Thanks! It's great to know that there are supportive moms here to help with questions.
I wanted to let you know that the books I recommended are published by the Couple to Couple League, which is a Catholic organization. Most of the book is straight information, but there's definitely frequent mention of how it fits into a Catholic lifestyle. You don't need to be Catholic to use the information, obviously, but just thought I'd let you know so the religious overtones didn't come as a surprise.
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Post by ouchy on Jul 1, 2008 11:15:37 GMT -5
^Thanks for the warning. I'm not worried. In fact, the Catholic church offers some really great fertility awareness classes!
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Post by ouchy on Jul 4, 2008 14:56:18 GMT -5
Well, stillllllllll no period! 34dpo...and NOTHING! BTW, anneny, I bought the "Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing" book.
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Post by anneny on Jul 5, 2008 10:23:52 GMT -5
I'm reading it now, and some of the views seem a little extreme, coming off almost like "you're a bad mom if you use a co-sleeper instead of having the baby in bed with you," but there's definitely a lot of useful information. I think I'm also a little oversensitive. As with all things, I'm trying to take it with a grain of salt, use the info that seems helpful and not worry about trying to do everything perfectly.
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Post by ouchy on Jul 5, 2008 11:28:08 GMT -5
^Are you serious? LOL! Maybe the book will go right back to eBay or wherever I bought it from! It's so hard for me to pick out "good" information when I have to sift through loads of bullsh*t! LOL!
My friends gave me a "sleep training" book which REALLY pissed me off! I tried to read it with an open mind, knowing that I would never "sleep train" my baby, and I wound up with huge resentment toward the book!
With the co-sleeping thing in the book, was it suggesting that babies who feel skin-to-skin as opposed to sleeping in a sleeper will nurse more? If that's so, then that makes sense for preventing ovulation, but to say the mother who uses the co-sleeper is a "bad mom"....I want to bash the book in to the wall!
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Post by anneny on Jul 7, 2008 16:45:43 GMT -5
The actual text of the book, not to be confused with my hormone-influenced interpretation of it ;-), says that co-sleeping can help prolong lactation amenorrhea because it allows the baby to suckle frequently and for long periods of time. It also praises the mom-baby togetherness that co-sleeping provides. It never calls anyone a bad mom in so many words, but the language isn't always the most sensitive, either. Overall, I've found it to be very helpful.
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Post by ouchy on Jul 7, 2008 16:51:01 GMT -5
It makes sense to me. LOL! Quit taking it as a bad thing, vooman! How many more days do you have before you domino?
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Post by ouchy on Jul 11, 2008 8:57:00 GMT -5
Just got my period. UGH! It's pretty heavy as well...but NO cramps so far. Probably just jinxed the h*ll out of myself, but I'm trying to be optimistic. Aside from lochia (bleeding after birth), this is the first period I've had since January of 2007!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Jul 11, 2008 11:18:15 GMT -5
Wow Ouchy! Congrats? LOL.
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